What Determines Station Glow Colors?

[Vhati]

Room stations have a tiny screen that glows.

In "img/ship/interior/" there are three different colors for that glow.

• computer1_glow1.png - blue ( default )
• computer1_glow2.png - green ( two-star mastery? )
• computer1_glow3.png - yellow ( ??? )

Blue and green appear in this screenshot (compare weapons/shields), but what causes yellow?

[Kieve]

Perhaps one-star mastery, and the glows were simply reversed by mistake?
I never paid close enough attention before...

[Vhati]

Perhaps one-star mastery, and the glows were simply reversed by mistake?

I thought of that, but nope. See the weapons room below. Still blue.

[5thHorseman]

The only time I notice station glows is when they're missing.

[R4V3-0N]

Horseman... that has to be the best thing I have heard in the Modding section of this forum in my time here...

maybe the 3rd glow is for when the system is ion'ed? or heavily damaged?

[Vhati]

maybe the 3rd glow is for when the system is ion'ed? heavily damaged?

Nah. The station doesn't glow at all when damaged. Even when completely damaged and there's a fire.

damage.png

Same with ion.

ion.png

[R4V3-0N]

maybe cut content? there are quite a few of those flying around in game.

[Vhati]

maybe cut content? there are quite a few of those flying around in game.

Quite possible.
I've been watching some Let's Plays at 2x speed and just watching the glows, to no avail.

[kartoFlane]

IIRC the green glow is for one-star crew, and yellow glow is for two-star crew, however this was bugged in FTL 1.03.1. Didn't they fix it in 1.03.3?

Interior console glow fixed to display correct colors for crew levels.

http://ftl.wikia.com/wiki/Patches#Version_1.03.3

[R4V3-0N]

So I wasn't going insane....... I thought that was the case but there was screenshot 'evidence' above and I got confussed